OWOH Giveaway 2010

"HOWDY!!" FROM TEXAS!! to all of you who are visiting from across the world today! I would like to announce an exciting event that is happening worldwide..starting January 25th. I am participating in an international "get to know you" giveaway contest called One World, One Heart! I hope you will click on this link (picture) to take a MAGIC CARPET RIDE to visit bloggers from all over the world. While you are visiting, you will also get a chance to enter give away contests at every website! Winners will be announced on February 15th--so start visiting your neighbors from everywhere and leave a comment to say "HOWDY" . That's all you have to do to enter! (If you sign up to be a follower you get two entries!)

I am going to give away FOUR PRIZES on February 15th rather than doing a weekly drawing this month. The four prizes are a Bach Musical Tote Bag KIT, a Yo-Yo Flower Travel Pack KIT, a Yo-Yo Flower Tote bag KIT and a mother-daughter coordinating apron KIT. Each kit will include all needed supplies and instructions.

Bloggers from all over the world will be visiting each others' blogs so that we can all get to know each other. Regardless of where you live, I will send your gift to you if you win!

My name is Donna Rodgers and I am the writer for Comin' Home. I love to quilt, sew, play guitar and write music. I especially love learn how to do new things and I love teach others what I've learned over the years on my blog. Click to listen to one of my songs "Like Me". I especially love learning how to master the textile arts of other countries.

Over the years, I've dabbled in French quilting 'boutis', Cuna Mola making, ceremonial Indian button blankets from the Pacific Northwest and recently, Persian knotted-rug tying.

My recent award winning art festival entry "Moonstones" used techniques from several countries--French boutis, Cuna Indian mola making, and American reverse applique. Not only that, but my hope and aim, at least on this website, is to encourage homemakers from all over the world in the time-honored art of making a lovely home.

Regardless of where you live, we all have to cook, clean, sew, care for our husbands and raise babies. How we do that certainly varies a great deal, but I think we all have so much to learn from each other--don't you!

I love learning how people from other countries make their homes..what foods they cook, and how they prepare them..what traditions they follow, and how they make their homes look and feel 'homey'.

To enter this exciting drawing, please leave a comment telling me more about yourself and your country--I'd love to hear all about you! Please leave an email address so I know where to send your prize. Leave a comment today for your chance to win!

Greetings from Moldova(small country, but very nice and sunny,with rich ethnic history and traditions. One of my fav traditions is "Martisor" holiday – the symbol of spring. In March everybody in Moldova hangs on their collar two knitted white and red ropes, which symbolize nature’s revival)Gorgeous giveaway!!!!Thanks!OWOH #138 http://miawoo.blogspot.com/fancyscrap[at]gmail.com

I would be thrilled to receive one of your lovely kits to make my own project.Thanks for hopping aboard the magic carpet ride. I hope to see you on my blog (#285) during your tour.Hugs from ON, Canada Heidiheidig@gmail.com

What great prizes! You certainly know alot of different crafts! I come from Australia, the land down under! We have some great food we eat down here, along with some fabulous animals, people, and crafters! Pop on over to my blog sometime and have a look at my Aussie lizards! Yes, that's right, I own lizards! They make my house a home...

The aprons are beautiful! We'd love them to come and visit us in Israel! Please count me in...:) You are more than welcome to stop by and take part in our giveaway too... Thank you! samjerus(at)yahoo.com

Nice to meet you and visit your blog! Love this giveaway! I am having so much fun looking at all the wonderful blogs. I don't have a blog, due to arthritis I cannot type much at all but I enjoy surfing the net. Thank you for a chance to win.

Hello from the Philippines! My name is Patsy and I love making things with my hands. We have a family business, and I've been working there since I was 11! You have some nice prizes! I'd love to win one. Do drop by my blog for a chance to win something too!

Donna, you are a well rounded artist. I always say that learning is lifelong and you certainly do that. Just dropping in on my magic carpet ride, and I thoroughly enjoyed your blog. The kits you are offering are fabulous. Love the apron idea.

Hello Donna,Donna Warrington here from Baltimore, Maryland....I love my family and friends and the Lord and I look forward to being your friend. I just signed up to follow your wonderful blog. Your giveaway is great and please count me in. I love your blog!

Hi Donna, what a lovely idea and post you have. I love the beautiful bag kits and apron. You're are so talented. I'd love to win. I absolutely love your gift. Please take time to visit my blog, too, for a chance to win my book, 16 x MOM: A Mastery of Motherhood. I'm working on getting all the country flags. I promise to revisit your's too.

Hi Donna from all the way over here in Australia.We have recently celebrated Australia day. Our favourite way is by hosting a big old family and friends get together and have a Barbeque.I love the kits you are giving away. Please enter me into the draw.Thankshttp://taylormadeinoztales.blogspot.com/

Oh looks like I'm lucky comment 100! I'm from michigan and like you, my mom and my grandma had certain days for certain tasks. That never worked for me as I work full time in a school. I assign my boys jobs and we do them during the week or on Saturday. Its difficult to keep traditions alive with the busyness of todays life- really have to work at it. please add my name to your generous giveaway. I hope you are having as much fun as I am, hopping from blog to blog, checking out all these creative people.

I live in the Northwest. I like to sew, live frugal and enjoy hobbies.I have another blog called Hard Times Living More With Less.That pretty much explains how I manage my home.I like the gifts that you have offered. Hope I am one off the lucky ones.

Hello from Georgia, USA!! I'm really having fun flying from blog to blog and seeing so much talent! I'm new to the art world and overwhelmed by all the different kinds of art I might could learn. Please enter me and thank you for your generosity!

Hi, Donna! Your work is lovely and your giveaways generous. I'd love to win one of the kits. I think the totes would be so much fun to do. Thanks so much for the opportunity to win! I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

I love aprons and I'm sure my 3 daughters will too. I hope I win.I'm in Texas also. I'm not sure if you have made it by my blog yet but you can find my giveaway at http://spiceandallthatsnice.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-world-one-heart-giveaway.html#comments

Donna, Howdy from a fellow Texan. Now living in AZ. Traded humidity for scorching heat. You are a very crafty lady! I don't have a little one to share the apron with,but someday I want to be a granny and matching aprons would make me smile! (Gonna teach her to make chicken & dumplings!) I miss "real"chicken fried steak...sigh...I hope you had fun on this magical journey, I sure did! Tina

I'm sorry you didn't win a prize..though I do have another drawing on March 1st. My hubby would love the dryness of Arizona!

Funny you should mention real Chicken Fried Steak. I intend to post a tutorial the week after next. I videoed my mom cooking it. She was a true southern gal and trained me how to do it to perfection. And now my German daughter-in-law can do it beautifully too. It's one of her favorite American foods!

Welcome to Comin' Home! If you lived nearby, I'd invite you over to my neck of the woods for a nice long chat and a cup of tea out on the deck. But since we can't do that, I hope you'll stay and look around. I love learning new things and sharing what I learn with friends. Comin' Home is where I share tips from my many projects. Let's have some fun together! XO Donna